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From: daveb@comspec.uucp (dave berman)
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Subject: Re: Is 510 Area Code Active?
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In article <10401@accuvax.nwu.edu>, contact!djcl@uunet.uu.net (woody)
writes:

> A check from Toronto seems to show that the area code 510 (California
> split, San Francisco, to be completed late '91) is now active, and
> accepting dialing for 1 510 555.1212. Does anyone else have 510 active
> out there?

Dear Woody (and others who read this):

I live in Toronto, in area code 416, using exchange 766, and cannot
(*NOT*) reach area 510 yet. I will keep trying, and will inform the
net when it works for me.

It seems to me that the whole worldwide voice net will go down the
tubes real soon now, with features like IdentaCall and stuff all
working to help use up all those numbers so fast. Are the telephone
switching systems installed now able to handle a reprogramming, such
as adding an extra digit in front of the usual exchange? Or adding a
fourth character to the area code?

In Toronto we have various test numbers, and I can only guess what
they do. We have 2 secret numbers into repair services, 611 (the real
one) 711 the secret one (I) and 511 the secret one (II).

Well, I've rambled off topic long enough. Best wishes to all readers.


Dave Berman
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